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This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels (except cargo ships and tankers) capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold .
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships , it may also refer to smaller vessels, such as the icebreaking boats that were once used on the canals of the United Kingdom .
Voima is a Finnish state-owned icebreaker.Built by Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki in 1954, she was the first icebreaker in the world to be equipped with two bow propellers [5] [6] [7] and generated widespread publicity that helped the Finnish shipbuilding industry to become the world leader in icebreaker design.
The vessels conduct Arctic and Antarctic research and are the primary icebreakers that clear the channel into McMurdo Station for supply ships. All are homeported in Seattle, Washington. In addition to the two Polar-class icebreakers, the USCG has a third polar-capable icebreaker, USCGC Healy (WAGB-20). [4]
For example, an icebreaker-transport container ship or, for short, an icebreaker-container ship in the case of Sevmorput, an icebreaker-tanker in the case of Timofey Guzhenko, etc. [13] Since the characteristics of ships of this class and their icebreaking ability are close to conventional icebreakers, the names "the biggest icebreaker in ...
USCGC Healy (WAGB-20) is the United States' largest and most technologically advanced icebreaker as well as the US Coast Guard's largest vessel. [1] She is classified as a medium icebreaker by the Coast Guard. [1]
The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to bolster their defenses in the Arctic, where Russia has been increasingly active, the ...
The Kapitan Khlebnikov was completed in Finland in 1981 [3] as one of four Kapitan Sorokin-class icebreakers.She was refitted in 1990 as a tour ship [4] and was the first ship to circumnavigate Antarctica with passengers in 1996–97.